Establishment of ovarian reserve: a quantitative morphometric study of the developing human ovary

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 675-683

  Forabosco, Antonino ^a   Sforza, Chiarella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; human ovary; morphometry; ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; FETUS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE STRATUM GRANULOSUM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OVARY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34548390501     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.191     Document Type: Article

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